TBILISI, December 02, 23:57 /ITAR-TASS/. Georgian Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze said she was planning no talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the upcoming meeting of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Kiev this week.

“Meetings do not take place accidentally at such major forums. A meeting with Mr Lavrov is not scheduled during the ministerial, but if our paths cross somewhere, I will welcome the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry of course and say ‘Hello’ to him.” Panjikidze told Imedi television on Monday, December 2.

The 20th meeting of the OSCE ministers of foreign affairs will take place in Kiev on December 5-6.